Easy Dr.G. You are human after all. Plus we are programmed to look for certain things(ask certain questions) in each scenario. That was your hardware taking over for a moment. LOLCool title by the way.

Reminds me of a few weeks ago when I was doing the mono-filament foot exam on a blind diabetic patient and blurted out "OK, now close your eyes and say 'Now' when you feel this." As I blushed at my stupidity, he smiled.

OK, so you feel better. Patient goes to a new psychiatrist. Patient has anxiety issues and social phobia, uses a therapy dog and has best friend come with her to this stressful appointment with a new doctor. New psychiatrist walks in, sees dog and friend and asks "So can you see me at all?!" Patient had totally normal vision, and I suspect an eye roll clued him in!

Don't feel bad, one time I was talking to a friend of mine who is blind online. She was saying how nasty the weather was near her that day, and I said how beautiful it was where I am. And offered to show her a picture...

My friend is unable to see, whether online or not ;) She's been blind since birth.

Being blind will definitely prevent you from driving, but not from using a computer. There are braille keyboards if needed but she just has the order memorized in her head. She uses a program called JAWS which reads out everything for her. Unfortunately, you can't read out a photo! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JAWS_%28screen_reader%29

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